‘Chura Ke Dil Mera 2.0’ Triggers Debate, People Say ‘Tauba Tauba, Sara Mood Kharab Kar Dia’

Yup, Bollywood is at it again. As if ruining songs like the original Masakali by AR Rahman and Mohit Chauhan wasn’t enough, people who call themselves ‘music directors’ and ‘composers’ have ruined yet another classic.

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People who grew up in the 1990s and 2000s will know just how iconic the original Chura Ke Dil Mera was. Sure, the song was a little problematic, but nonetheless, it was a classic. Plus the combination of Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik was legendary. It can be safely said that no other pairing has even managed to come close ever since.

The original song was melodious and was a proper 90s classic, with all the signature sound design elements from the era. The video too was somewhat exotic and beautifully titillating. Heck, it would be safe to say that a lot of men started crushing really hard on Shilpa Shetty after TV channels played that song on loop.

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The new song, though, fails to impress and that too on a number of labels. It sounds like the same generic, autotuned stuff that we get from singers like Badshah, with only a familiar tune. Well, at least the lyrics are much better, one will have to agree.

Whether you compare Chura Ke Dil Mera 2.0 with the original or not, you cannot help but feel that this is yet another generic Bollywood dance number that might be popular for a month or two, and then, relegated to a history where perhaps no one will ever go back to it.

Also, what is it with naming anything ‘2.0’? Do the people counting the beans at production houses not realise that it automatically invokes an unfavourable reaction to it, especially, when a classic is ruined by shoddy execution?

We think that at this moment, every 90s kid who has heard both, the original and the new song, will be feeling something like this – 

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People on Twitter definitely shared this sentiment.

No No No
Why ruin something good?
stop this 2rs remixes of top hindi songs#Bollywood #HUNGAMA2Trailer

— 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yakir_P (@p_yakir) July 6, 2021

Beware 90s music lovers, don’t listen to Chura ke dil mera 2.0 you might regret later if you do. 🤷‍♀️

— Ana🇮🇳mika (@sanatani_kanya) July 6, 2021

Roommate started playing ‘chura ke dil mera 2.0’ so I went straight to the kitchen and put my head in the microwave. Feeling better now.

— Double Dexter (@Dexter998_) July 7, 2021

Made my favorite song (Chura ke dil mera) so bad that even Tanishk Bagchi didn’t make such a bad song (Masakali).#churakedilmera #hungama2 @Benny_Dayal @ktakshish @Saurabh_LT

— Mridul Gupta (@ji_mridul) July 6, 2021

#ChurakeDilMera
Every masterpiece has its cheap copy #ShlipaShetty #AkshayKumar#HUNGAMA2 pic.twitter.com/IsvLreY2Z1

— Ananthajith Asokkumar 🇮🇳 (@iamananthajith) July 6, 2021

#ChurakeDilMera

Re creater of of this song pic.twitter.com/oqmfKWwzm9

— Messes of Aaryann (@AlvaresAaryann) July 6, 2021

#ChurakeDilMera 2.0 out now..

Meanwhile Me Nd My Bois missing Young @akshaykumar nd the soulful voices Alka Ji nd Sanu da be like… pic.twitter.com/Dl4e6Aln8t

— Akkian Saurav (@AkkianSaurav) July 6, 2021

#ChurakeDilMera 2.0 out now..

Meanwhile Me Nd My Bois missing Young #AkshayKumar nd the soulful voices Alka Ji nd Sanu da be like…🥲 pic.twitter.com/0xZzfUgWKm

— Prince (@TheLolnayak) July 6, 2021

One thing is for sure though. People still are crushing pretty hard over Shilpa Shetty and for good reason. She looks just as stunning as she did in the original one.